Then run quarter-mile hill repeats on a 3- to 5-percent grade with equal recovery time. Print off a copy of the Boston Marathon route, and post it somewhere you can see it daily. Write down your ...

(Also on Patch: Boston Restaurants Helping Marathon ... 3:30 p.m. Natick hosts an approximately 4-mile stretch of the famous marathon (from mile marker 7.5 -to-11.7, going from west to east).